oldest player to play in an mlb game

Satchel Paige is the oldest in a game. He was 59 years and 80 days old versus the Red Sox on September 25, 1965.

Interpreted as:
oldest player to play in an MLB regular-season game
NAME AGE DATE TM OPP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP
1 Satchel Paige
S. Paige
59-080
9/25/1965
KCA KCA
vs
BOS BOS
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 Charley O'Leary
C. O'Leary
58-350
9/30/1934
SLA SLA
@
DET DET
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
3 Nick Altrock
N. Altrock
57-016
10/1/1933
WSH WSH
vs
PHA PHA
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4 Nick Altrock
N. Altrock
55-012
9/27/1931
WSH WSH
vs
BSA BSA
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
5 Minnie Minoso
M. Minoso
54-311
10/5/1980
CWS CWS
vs
CAL CAL
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
6 Minnie Minoso
M. Minoso
54-310
10/4/1980
CWS CWS
vs
CAL CAL
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
7 Jim O'Rourke
J. O'Rourke
54-021
9/22/1904
NYG NYG
vs
CIN CIN
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
8 Nick Altrock
N. Altrock
53-021
10/6/1929
WSH WSH
vs
BSA BSA
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
9 Minnie Minoso
M. Minoso
50-306
9/30/1976
CWS CWS
@
CAL CAL
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
10 Minnie Minoso
M. Minoso
50-288
9/12/1976
CWS CWS
vs
CAL CAL
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
11 Minnie Minoso
M. Minoso
50-287
9/11/1976
CWS CWS
vs
CAL CAL
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
12 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
50-006
7/7/1933
CIN CIN
vs
BSN BSN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
50-003
7/4/1933
CIN CIN
@
CHC CHC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
49-362
6/28/1933
CIN CIN
@
BKN BKN
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
15 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
49-359
6/25/1933
CIN CIN
@
NYG NYG
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
49-358
6/24/1933
CIN CIN
@
NYG NYG
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
49-355
6/21/1933
CIN CIN
@
PHN PHN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
49-354
6/20/1933
CIN CIN
@
PHN PHN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
49-353
6/19/1933
CIN CIN
@
PHN PHN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
49-351
6/17/1933
CIN CIN
vs
SLN SLN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
49-345
6/11/1933
CIN CIN
vs
CHC CHC
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
49-337
6/3/1933
CIN CIN
@
PIT PIT
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
49-323
5/20/1933
CIN CIN
vs
PHN PHN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
49-319
5/16/1933
CIN CIN
vs
BSN BSN
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25 Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
49-310
5/7/1933
CIN CIN
@
NYG NYG
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for player age going back to the 1908 season.
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